Don Williams Volume Two
Don Williams Volume Two | ||||
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Studio album by Don Williams | ||||
Released | January 1974 | |||
Studio | Jack's Tracks and Jack Clement Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | JMI Records | |||
Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
Don Williams chronology | ||||
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Singles from Don Williams Volume Two | ||||
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Don Williams Volume Two is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Don Williams.[2] Released in January of 1974 on the JMI Records label, the album reached number thirteen on the US Country Albums Chart.[3] "Atta Way to Go" was released in 1973 as a single preceding the album,[4] and "We Should Be Together" and "Down the Road I Go" were released as singles in 1974.[5]
Background
Williams was no stranger to the country music scene, having been a member of the Texas band The Pozo Seco Singers from 1964 to 1970.[6] He left the music industry briefly, but returned in 1973 with his solo debut, Don Williams Volume One.[7] Williams had signed with JMI records initially as a songwriter, but later at the encouragement of its founder, Jack Clement, recorded a full-length album produced by songwriter Allen Reynolds.[8] It was a strong debut, reaching number five on the 1973 Country Albums Chart,[9] and it had two top 20 country singles.[10]
Six months after the release of his debut album, the formula for success was repeated for Don Williams Volume Two, including producer Allen Reynolds, and many of the same A-Team Nashville studio musicians, notably steel guitarist Lloyd Green, fiddle player Buddy Spicher and drummer Kenny Malone.[7]
Legacy
This would be Williams' final recording with JMI records, which was sold to ABC-DOT Records shortly after the release of the album.[7]
Allen Reynolds would go on to produce and write many successful country songs, including many of Crystal Gayle's biggest hits from the 1970s and 1980s.[11] The song "We Should Be Together," written by Reynolds, would go on to be the title track off of Gayle's 1976 country record.[12]
Track listing
from the original JMI Records release:[13]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wish I Was in Nashville" | Bob McDill | 2:25 |
2. | "Your Sweet Love" | Don Williams | 2:39 |
3. | "She's in Love with a Rodeo Man" | McDill | 3:10 |
4. | "Atta Way to Go" | Williams | 2:47 |
5. | "We Should Be Together" | Allen Reynolds | 3:02 |
6. | "Loving You So Long" | Reynolds | 2:47 |
7. | "Oh Misery" | Williams | 3:40 |
8. | "Millers Cave" | Jack Clement | 2:37 |
9. | "I Don't Think About Her No More" | Mickey Newbury | 3:50 |
10. | "Down the Road I Go" | Williams | 3:07 |
Musicians
from the original album liner notes:[13]
- Don Williams - lead vocals, guitar
- The Joyful Noise - "gentle voices" backing vocals
- Bobby Thompson - banjo
- Joe Allen - bass guitar
- Lloyd Green - Dobro, steel guitar
- Kenny Malone - drums
- Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble, Lisa Silver - fiddle
- Bobby Thompson, Chip Young, Jimmy Colvard - guitar
- Danny Flowers - harpoonist harmonica
- Chuck Cochran - keyboards
- Johnny Gimble - mandolin
- Jimmy Colvard - "Boogie beats"
Production
from the original album liner notes:[13]
- Producer – Allen Reynolds
- Engineer – Curt Allen, Garth Fundis, Ronnie Dean
- Arranged – Charles Cochran
- Photography – John Donegan
- Lighting director – Jack Clement
References
- ^ "Volume One/Volume Two - Don Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Don Williams Volume Two". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Hot Country Songs: Billboard 1944 to 2008. Record Research. ISBN 978-0898201772.
- ^ "Billboard Hot Country Singles". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 50. December 15, 1973. p. 27 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Pozo Seco Singers". Allmusic. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
- ^ Carlin, Richard (25 February 2014). Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. pp. see URL. ISBN 9781135361044.
- ^ "Billboard Album Charts". Billboard. 1973. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Billboard Country Charts". Billboard. 1973. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Henderson, Lol, Stacey, Lee (2014). Encyclopedia of Music from the 20th Century. Routledge. p. 239. ISBN 9781579580797.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "We Should Be Together". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Don Williams Volume Two - Track List". AllMusic. November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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